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The Changing Population: The Surgeon’s Challenge

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Abstract

During the last 50 years cardiac surgery has developed from a sub-specialization of thoracic surgery to one of the most innovative and demanding fields in surgery. Whereas at the beginning palliative corrections of pediatric patients and adult valve patients have accounted for the majority of cases, today’s cardiac surgical practice involves coronary artery bypass grafting, valve surgery, surgery of the large vessels, transplantation and pediatric surgery. In this book we will only focus on adult cardiac surgery.

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Abbreviations

CABG:

coronary artery bypass grafting

MI:

myocardial infarction

avlg€:

average logistic euro score

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  1. Department of Cardiac Surgery, Landesklinikum St. Pölten, Propst Führerstr. 4, 3100, St. Pölten, Austria

    Bruno K. Podesser

  2. The Ludwig Boltzmann Cluster for Cardiovascular Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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Podesser, B.K. (2011). The Changing Population: The Surgeon’s Challenge. In: Podesser, B., Chambers, D. (eds) New Solutions for the Heart. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-85548-5_1

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